Cincinnati woman celebrates her 100th birthday on Christmas Day
By Daisy Kershaw
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CINCINNATI (WLWT) — This Christmas marks a special milestone for one local woman, as she turned 100.
Helen Barhorst is celebrating 100 years of life, 100 birthdays and 100 Christmases, well-lived and well-loved.
She said it’s that love that keeps her going.
“It’s unbelievable that I’m still here. I never in my life thought I would live to be a hundred,” said Helen.
On her centennial, generations of her family gathered to celebrate her.
“It’s tremendously special,” said daughter Nancy Cooper. “I’ve never known anyone to live to 100, and to be related to someone.”
Helen is creating memories and magic for those she loves.
“I look back at all the memories she’s created not only for me but really for her family,” said Diana Barhorst.
Ten decades of memories, 10 decades of history — history the Barhorsts were part of.
Helen’s late husband, Walter Barhorst, served during WWII.
“My husband was in the Air Force, and he flew 45 missions, and thankfully, he was not hurt,” she said.
She has loved and lost.
“Buried two sons, which broke my heart,” said Helen.
This now great-grandmother knows how precious time is, and she knows time with the people we love, however much we get, is the ultimate gift.
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